AnckSuNamun said:

It's huge, I've never seen one that big.

JustErin said:

OMFG. Those things are EVERYWHERE in my dorm and they creep me the fuck out. I was laying in bed with the TV on and i saw a dark spot on the ceiling. I got to turn on the light and it's one of those THINGS and it starts RUNNING AWAY with those...those...LEGS...before I got a chance to kill it, and they ALWAYS head for the curtains. I didn't know what the hell they were...we call 'em sprickets. Most disturbing insect ever. Ugh.

LleeLlee said:

I so want to spank you! you did the insect/incence threads on purpose! I thought I was seeing things Thank God you didn't throw in an incest thread in for good measure

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I can't believe this thread is still here.

CarrieMpls said:

XxAxX said:

evenstar3 said:

I love them. I had a huge one that was about 5 inches tall land on my shoulder in Thailand once. You can box with them.

I love most insects though. Except cockroaches and centipedes. They can go to hell.

JustErin said:

english equivalent of a roach

AnckSuNamun said:

I've held one of those in Thailand. It feels like the bristles of a brush on your hand.

Here are a few pics of some bugs that loved me back: (well, maybe not, but they tolerated me anyway)

In Argentina...


This summer at my parents' house...




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minneapolisgenius said:

UGH.

Praying Mantises are so repulsive to me.

AsianBomb777 said:

Ever seen one decapitated by a hornet?

FruitToAttractBears said:

no, but I'm not not repulsed by hornets, so I think I'd be ok with it.

AsianBomb777 said:

oh come on!

evenstar3 said:

This thread is about insects we love!!! Not repulsive beastly ones!

AsianBomb777 said:

Hornets have gotta be fiercest killers in the insect kingdom. The thing didn't even stay to eat the body or anything, no, it just wanted THE HEAD. Probably got a bunch of 'em on pikes back at the nest

minneapolisgenius said:

I hate the same insects too. I used to be deathly afraid of grasshoppers....not like the one in your pic. but those huge ones. We lived out in the country and during the summer time, massive sized ones would always spring from the grass.

LleeLlee said:

I haven't either.....and I hope I never

FruitToAttractBears said:

Thank god we don't get them out here Well, I've never seen one of those here.

JustErin said:

They bite too. My mom and sister were both bitten many years back.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w..._centipede

"Unlike most other centipedes, house centipedes and their close relatives have well-developed, faceted eyes."

and

"They live anywhere from three to seven years, depending on the environment."

minneapolisgenius said:

VENOM AND FANGS!!!! I'm fearing for my life now. They'll come out at night and bite my fingers I just know it!
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FruitToAttractBears said:

They will. I know that they have mates, and if you kill one, the other will come after you. For real. They have charged my mother more than once. She does not have a good relationship with them, that's for sure.

Once, one was in bed with her and bit her on the leg.

minneapolisgenius said:

FruitToAttractBears said:

Well, she thinks they have built up a conspiracy against her after all these years. As if her name and reputation have filtered down through the centipede pipeline, and now she's forever cursed.

Some of my best friends are insects.

fathermcmeekle said:

that's probably more accurate than you think...